Berlin Heart helps girl survive 228 days without heart!
Artificial heart A six-year-old British girl lived for more than seven months with an artificial heart pumping blood around her body to keep her alive. Alice lived with the device, called a Berlin Heart, for 228 days.
Determined parentsThe [...]
अब पुरुषों के लिए गर्भनिरोधक गोली
परिवार नियोजन की जिम्मेदारी अब केवल महिलाओं के कंधों पर नहीं रहेगी। वैज्ञानिकों ने [...]
Puberty much earlier
If your daughter is 10 years old and has started her periods, get ready for trouble. Or so say a slew of reports cautioning people about the dangers of early puberty for women such as breast cancer, reckless sexual behaviour and teenage issues [...]
Pregnancy myths busted
Do you really believe that the missionary position can increase your chances of getting pregnant? Well, women trying to conceive are often surrounded by such questions as there are so many urban myths and wives tales that make it difficult [...]
India’s H1N1 vaccine to hit market today
Calling it a “great day”, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday launched India’s first-ever indigenous vaccine for the H1N1 virus, more than a year after it had surfaced.
“Post-Independence, this is the first influenza [...]
‘Chemo bomb’ is more effective in cancer treatment
Scientists claim to have developed a new “chemo-bomb” which is more effective in cancer treatment and cause less side effects than the traditional chemotherapy.
A team of German and US researchers at the Erasmus Medical Center in [...]
Bundles of Joy – Affordable IVF
AIIMS docs make IVF treatment affordable. Use Of Fewer Drugs Cuts Costs By Rs 40,000.
Having a test tube baby will now be as affordable as having a normal delivery. Doctors at AIIMS have successfully completed the IVF cycle on 12 patients at [...]
Wii Fit could help soldiers recover from war injuries
Nintendo’s Wii Fit could successfully help improve balance for a soldier with a traumatic brain injury, a problem many soldiers are facing after serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, found Kansas State University researchers.
Shawna Jordan [...]
Moms working part-time have healthy kids
A new study suggests that, despite public opinion to the contrary, mothers who go to work do not harm their children’s health, especially if the employment is part-time.
Newborn Infants Learn While Asleep
Sleeping newborns are better learners than thought, says a University of Florida researcher about a study that is the first of its type. The study could lead to identifying those at risk for developmental disorders such as autism and dyslexia.
“We [...]
